7/15/10
In the summer of 2007, New Homes Magazine announced its picks for Chicago’s hottest ‘hoods. This morning I started looking up stats on each...
6/3/10
This peaked-roof three-flat at 6620 S Ellis Ave in Woodlawn has drywall but needs an HVAC system and finished kitchens and bathrooms. Think it...
2/26/10
The Nation of Islam’s presence in South Shore has been so significant that, as a child, Jeff Heilbrunn’s wife played around with the Fruit...
2/25/10
Jeff Heilbrunn wrote the book on block clubs. Literally. These neighborhood organizations have existed for decades, but Jeff, with the help of Builders Center...
2/24/10
For South Shore to rebound, someone will have address the problems of “Terror Town,” an area plagued with boarded-up buildings and open-air drug markets,...
2/23/10
Even with the economic hurdles South Shore will have to clear in the coming years, there’s still a lot to envy about the neighborhood,...
2/22/10
If you don’t know much about South Shore‘s history, you might be surprised to learn that a neighborhood native like Jeff Heilbrunn had never...
2/18/10
Our link to RedEye’s “next hot ‘hood” article generated a lot of comments, some of which touched on the present and future of the...
12/14/09
The area we call the South Triangle is big enough to contain several South Side “neighborhoods for the rest of us.” Within the boundaries...
11/2/09
Spend more than a minute Googling “Greater Grand Crossing,” and you’ll surely come across stories of a terrible train wreck at the intersection of...
9/29/09
Near the end of our latest visit to the Renaissance on Kimbark, as we stood atop Stonemason Group’s latest eight-flat, @properties agent Hasani Steele...
9/28/09
Hasani Steele was able to make a lot of pre-sales during the first two phases of construction at the Renaissance on Kimbark, but that...
9/23/09
As I mentioned when posting the first of my new videos with @properties agent Hasani Steele, the Stonemason Group received a Good Neighbor Award...
9/22/09
We don’t hear many homebuilders boasting of their pre-construction sales these days — especially not in neighborhoods like Woodlawn — so it came as...
9/19/09
The past year has done a number on the selection of new true lofts throughout the city. Some developments, like University Village, finally reached...
9/18/09
Stonemason Group received a Good Neighbor Award from the Chicago Association of Realtors earlier this year for its ongoing Renaissance on Kimbark project in...